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- Embodiments of the present invention relate to data storage media and, in particular, to probe storage media.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a data storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for operating a data storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 illustrates writing to a data storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a graphic representation illustrating the application of power, voltage, and/or current to a probe to write to a data storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 5 illustrates a data storage medium after being written to according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for reading a data storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 7 is a graphic representation illustrating the application of power, current, and/or voltage to a probe to read a data storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 8 is a graphic representation illustrating application of power, voltage, and/or current to a probe array to read from a data storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 9 is a simplified block diagram of a computer system having the according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 illustrates a data storage medium according to an alternative embodiment
- FIG. 11 is a graphical representation of voltage across a doped diamond-like carbon layer being increased linearly and current passing through a doped diamond-like carbon layer according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 12 is a conductive atomic force microscope (CAFM) image of an array of high contrast bits of ones and zeros written to a diamond-like carbon layer according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 13 illustrates a substantially simultaneously imaged topography of the CAFM image illustrated in FIG. 12 according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 14 is a graphical representation illustrating that the bits illustrated in FIG. 12 remained in the layer of diamond-like carbon according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 15 is a graphical representation illustrating time evolution of relative amplitude of bits written to the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a data storage medium 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the data storage medium 100 includes an substrate 102 , a layer of metal for an electrode 104 disposed on the substrate 102 , a layer of diamond-like carbon (DLC) 106 disposed on the electrode 104 , and an optional layer of lubricant 108 disposed on the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 .
- An optional adhesion layer 110 is disposed between the substrate 102 and the electrode 104 .
- An optional layer of metal for another electrode 112 is disposed on the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 and the electrode 104 .
- the substrate 102 comprises a layer of silicon. In alternative embodiments, other suitable materials may be used to implement the substrate 102 for the data storage medium 100 .
- the electrode 104 comprises a layer of platinum.
- gold, molybdenum, titanium, or other suitable conductive material may be used as the electrode 104 for the data storage medium 100 .
- the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 may be a carbonaceous film. Phase transition of the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 from one conducting state to a higher conducting state, for example, may take place when treated to sufficiently elevated temperatures.
- the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 may be the recording material for the data storage medium 100 .
- the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 may be doped with a metal, such as tungsten, molybdenum, or other suitable metal dopant.
- a metal such as tungsten, molybdenum, or other suitable metal dopant.
- Alternative dopants include silicon, boron, or other suitable metalloid. Dopants also may include nitrogen or other suitable non-metal. If the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 is doped with silicon, the result may form silicon carbide. If the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 is doped with nitrogen, the result may form carbide nitride.
- the dopants may enable easier differentiation between whether a determination that a bit has been read is due to an actual change in electrical conductance, resistivity, and/or resistance caused by the data storage medium 100 being written to or due to a loss of contact of the reading probe with the surface of the data storage medium 100 .
- the optional lubricant 108 may ease the scanning movement of a probe (not shown) across the data storage medium 100 .
- the lubricant 108 may be a layer of perfluoropolyether (PFPE), such as Fromblin-Z, for example.
- PFPE perfluoropolyether
- the adhesion layer 110 may serve to promote the adhesion of the electrode 104 to the substrate 102 .
- the adhesion layer 110 also may serve to control inter-diffusion of the atoms between the electrode 104 and the substrate 102 .
- the adhesion layer 110 may be chromium, as illustrated in FIG. 1 .
- the adhesion layer 110 may be titanium or other suitable material.
- the optional electrode 112 may be used to apply power, voltage, and/or current to write data bits to and read data bits from the data storage medium 100 .
- the electrode 112 may facilitate making an electrical connection to the electrode 104 .
- power, voltage, and/or current may be applied directly to the electrode 104 to write and read data bits.
- the electrode 112 is gold.
- the electrode 112 may be platinum, molybdenum, titanium, or other suitable conductive material.
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method 200 for electrically writing at least one data bit to the data storage medium 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is described with reference to FIG. 3 , which illustrates a logic that may be used to write to the data storage medium 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 which is a graphic representation illustrating the application of power, voltage, and/or current to a probe array to write to the data storage medium 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- current, voltage, and/or power limiting logic 302 is coupled to the platinum electrode 104 and to a probe array 304 .
- the probe array 304 may be a scanning probe microscope (SPM), such as a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) or an atomic force microscope (AFM), for example.
- SPM scanning probe microscope
- STM scanning tunneling microscope
- AFM atomic force microscope
- the probe array 304 may include a tip array 306 .
- the tip of an individual probe may be coated in platinum.
- the graphical representation 400 includes a pulse train 402 , a threshold current, voltage, and/or power value 404 , and a limiting current, voltage, and/or power value 406 .
- the logic 302 may be any suitable logic that may provide a current, voltage, and/or power to the probe array 304 and/or the tip array 306 that is between the threshold current, voltage, and/or power value 404 and a limiting current, voltage, and/or power value 406 .
- the logic 302 may be one or more current mirrors, one or more comparators, one or more operational amplifiers, programmable logic, or other suitable logic capable of providing a current, voltage, and/or power to the probe array 304 and/or the tip array 306 that is between the threshold current, voltage, and/or power value 404 and a limiting current, voltage, and/or power value 406 .
- the probe array 304 may be positioned in close proximity or in contact with the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 .
- the probe array 304 may be scanned across the surface of the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 .
- the probe array 304 may be scanned in the direction indicated by the arrow 308 .
- a current, voltage, and/or power is applied to the probe array 304 and/or the tip array 306 from the logic 302 .
- the current, voltage, and/or power level applied is between the threshold current, voltage, and/or power value 404 and a limiting current, voltage, and/or power value 406 .
- a positive voltage may be applied to the tip 306 while holding the platinum electrode layer 104 at ground potential.
- the voltage may be approximately 0.9 volts to 1.0 volts corresponding to a threshold current of approximately 100 microamperes and 200 microamperes.
- the current above the threshold current value may be 800 microamperes corresponding to a limiting power of 800 microwatts.
- the current is applied to the probe array 304 and/or the tip array 306 from the logic 302 may be between a threshold value of threshold current of approximately 100 microamperes and 200 microamperes and a limiting value of 800 microamperes.
- the electrical conductance, resistance, and/or resistivity of the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 changes as a result of the current between the threshold current, voltage, and/or power value 404 and a limiting current, voltage, and/or power value 406 being injected locally on the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 .
- the conductance of the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 changes from a low conductance value to a high conductance value if current is injected at a value between the threshold current, voltage, and/or power value 404 and a limiting current, voltage, and/or power value 406 .
- the low conductance state of the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 may be an sp3 cubic orientation in amorphous, polycrystalline, crystalline, and/or a mixture of these phases.
- the high conductance state of the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 may be an sp2 cubic orientation.
- the transition from the sp3 cubic orientation to the sp2 orientation may be a result of Joule heating and/or ohmic heating.
- the electrical resistance of the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 changes from a high resistance value to a low resistance value if current is injected at a value between the threshold current, voltage, and/or power value 404 and a limiting current, voltage, and/or power value 406 .
- the electrical resistance of the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 changes from approximately one mega ohm to approximately one kilo ohm if current is injected at a value between the threshold current, voltage, and/or power value 404 and a limiting current, voltage, and/or power value 406 .
- the electrical resistivity of the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 changes from a high resistivity value to a low resistance value if current is injected at a value between the threshold current, voltage, and/or power value 404 and a limiting current, voltage, and/or power value 406 .
- the resistivity change may depend on the size of the portion of the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 being injected with the current.
- keeping the injected current at a value between the threshold current, voltage, and/or power value 404 and a limiting current, voltage, and/or power value 406 also may allow data bits to be written to the data storage medium 100 while maintaining the topology of the layer diamond-like carbon 106 substantially smooth.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a data storage medium 500 after being written to according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the data storage medium 500 includes areas of low conductance 502 , 504 , 506 , 508 , and 510 that correspond to the portions of the pulse train 402 in which the injected current was at a value between the threshold current, voltage, and/or power value 404 and a limiting current, voltage, and/or power value 406 .
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method 600 for reading at least one data bit from the data storage medium 500 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the method 600 is described with reference to FIG. 7 , which illustrates logic 702 that may be used to read from the data storage medium 500 according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 8 which is a graphic representation illustrating the application of power, voltage, and/or current to a probe array to read from the data storage medium 500 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the graphical representation 800 includes a continuous applied current, voltage, and/or power 802 having a value below the threshold the threshold current, voltage, and/or power value 404 .
- the logic 702 may be any suitable logic that may provide a current, power, and/or voltage to the probe array 304 and/or the tip array 306 that is below the threshold current, voltage, and/or power value 404 and sense the one or more data bits stored in the data storage medium 100 and/or 500 .
- the logic 702 may be ratiometric logic capable of sensing a level of conductance, resistivity, and/or resistance of the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 and comparing the sensed level to a predetermined level to determine whether the sensed level will be judged a logical one or a logical zero.
- the logic 702 may be a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller, a comparator, or other suitable ratiometric logic.
- PID proportional-integral-derivative
- the probe array 304 may be positioned in close proximity or in contact with the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 .
- the probe array 304 may be scanned across the surface of the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 in the direction indicated by the arrow 308 .
- a current, voltage, and/or power is applied to the probe array 304 and/or the tip array 306 from the logic 702 .
- the current, voltage, and/or power level applied may be below the threshold current, voltage, and/or power value 404 .
- a positive voltage may be applied to the tip 306 while holding the platinum electrode layer 104 at ground potential.
- the electrical conductance, resistance, and/or resistivity of the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 remains at the values obtained after writing to the data storage medium 100 .
- the conductance, resistance, and/or resistivity of the regions 502 , 504 , 506 , 508 , and 510 remain substantially the same as that obtained after writing to those regions.
- Applying the current, voltage, and/or power value 802 below the threshold current, voltage, and/or power value 404 may be adequate to sense the conductance, resistance, and/or resistivity of the regions 502 , 504 , 506 , 508 , and 510 insufficient to change the conductance, resistance, and/or resistivity of the regions 502 , 504 , 506 , 508 , and 510 .
- the current, voltage, and/or power value 802 may be sufficient to read the switched conductance, resistance, and/or resistivity values of the regions 502 , 504 , 506 , 508 , and 510 .
- FIG. 9 is a simplified block diagram of a system 900 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the system 900 may be part of an enterprise server, an MPEG audio layer 3 (MP-3) player, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a disk drive, a telephone, or any other system in which memory may be used.
- MP-3 MPEG audio layer 3
- PDA personal digital assistant
- the system 900 in the illustrated embodiment includes a controller 902 .
- the controller 902 is coupled to main memory 904 , software 906 , a graphics module 908 , an audio module 910 , and two processors 912 and 914 .
- the main memory 904 , graphics module 908 , audio module 910 , and two processors 912 and 914 each includes a doped diamond-like carbon data storage medium with read/write logic 920 according to embodiments of the present invention.
- the software 906 includes an operating system 928 and a basic input/output software (BIOS) 930 .
- BIOS basic input/output software
- the controller 902 may manage main memory 904 , the graphics module 908 , and the audio module 910 and may perform conventional functions of controlling and monitoring the status of memory data lines, error checking, etc. In other embodiments, the controller 902 controls other peripherals.
- Main memory 904 in some embodiments performs its conventional functions of storing data (pixels, frames, audio, video, etc.) and software (control logic, instructions, code, computer programs, etc.) for access by other system 900 components.
- Software 906 in general, may be control logic, instructions, commands, code, computer programs, etc., executed by the system 900 to perform functions described herein.
- Software 906 may implement hyper-threading technology.
- the operating system 928 may perform its conventional functions of managing the allocation and de-allocation of resources within the system 900 during execution of programs.
- the operating system 928 may be stored in a read-only memory (ROM) device such as the data storage medium 500 .
- ROM read-only memory
- FIG. 10 illustrates a data storage medium 1000 according to an alternative embodiment.
- the data storage medium 1000 includes one or more individually addressable memory cells 1002 grouped into an array.
- Conductive lines 304 and 306 are formed between the memory cells 1002 such that each memory cell 1002 is electrically coupled to two lines and can therefore be individually addressed.
- the memory cells 1002 are arranged such that each memory cell 1002 in the array is electrically coupled to both an X-line 304 and a Y-line 306 .
- One or both of the X-lines 1004 and Y-lines 1006 are coupled to circuitry (not shown) that allows memory cell 1002 to be individually addressed by activating X-line 1004 and Y-line 1006 .
- the X-lines 1004 can be coupled to a power source and to control circuitry, while the Y-lines 1006 can be coupled to ground and also to the control circuitry.
- FIG. 11 is a graphical representation of voltage across the film being increased linearly and current passing through a doped diamond-like carbon layer 106 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a first set of current-voltage (I-V) curves 1102 illustrate when the tip 306 was used to write to the diamond-like carbon layer 106 .
- the tip 306 was positioned at nine different locations on the diamond-like carbon layer 106 and the current-voltage (I-V) curves 1102 were collected from each of the locations. Note that the current increased nonlinearly until it jumped when the voltage was increased above the threshold voltage. For the illustrated embodiment, current jumps occurred at the threshold voltages ranging from approximately 0.9 to 1V.
- a second set of current-voltage (I-V) curves 1104 illustrate when the tip 306 was used to read the diamond-like carbon layer 106 .
- the current-voltage (I-V) curves 1104 illustrate that the conductance of the film exposed to the limiting power increased by approximately 100 times.
- FIG. 12 is a conductive atomic force microscope (CAFM) image of an array of high contrast bits 1202 of ones and zeros written to the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the bits written in the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 may be as small as 30 nm in diameter.
- FIG. 13 illustrates a substantially simultaneously imaged topography of the CAFM image of the array of high contrast bits 1202 of ones and zeros written to the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Note that in the illustrated embodiment, there are substantially no physical marks on the locations where the bits 1202 were written.
- FIG. 14 is a graphical representation illustrating that the bits 1202 remained in the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the peaks 1402 correspond to the bits 1202 .
- the peaks 1402 indicate the bits 1202 remained in the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 for at least the duration of 18 hours the layer of diamond-like carbon 106 was tracked.
- FIG. 15 is a graphical representation illustrating time evolution of relative amplitude or intensity of bits in terms of initial measured intensity (I 0 ) and subsequent measured intensity (I) over time in hours.
- the bit's amplitude is extracted from line profiles of the bits 1402 .
- the initial measured intensity (I 0 ) may be the nominal value of the bit 1402 's amplitude shortly after it was written.
- an example time is 2:56 p.m.
- the measured intensity (I) may then be compared with the measured intensity (I) at later times.
- the measured intensity (I) is then compared with the measured intensity (I) at 3:52 p.m., etc., for the duration of eighteen tracked hours.
- Embodiments of the present invention may be implemented using hardware, software, or a combination thereof.
- the software or machine-readable data may be stored on a machine-accessible medium.
- the machine-readable data may be used to cause a machine, such as, for example, a processor (not shown) to perform the method 200 and/or 600 .
- a machine-readable medium includes any mechanism that may be adapted to store and/or transmit information in a form accessible by a machine (e.g., a computer, network device, personal digital assistant, manufacturing tool, any device with a set of one or more processors, etc.).
- a machine-readable medium includes recordable and non-recordable media (e.g., read only (ROM), random access (RAM), magnetic disk storage media, optical storage media, flash devices, etc.), such as electrical, optical, acoustic, or other form of propagated signals (e.g., carrier waves, infrared signals, digital signals, etc.).
- recordable and non-recordable media e.g., read only (ROM), random access (RAM), magnetic disk storage media, optical storage media, flash devices, etc.
- electrical, optical, acoustic, or other form of propagated signals e.g., carrier waves, infrared signals, digital signals, etc.
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